Carver's Nagee Clay recovers after car accident

After celebrating a season-opening win against Robert E. Lee, G.W. Carver's kicker and wide receiver Nagee Clay climbed into his car to go home.

But he never made it there.

During his drive, he fell asleep at the wheel, and veered into a ditch.

"I was getting a little tired, and then I fell asleep and ran off the road and flipped my car five times," Clay said. "I think I blanked out, and then when I woke up I was outside of the car. And then, that's when the ambulance came."

Clay said his seatbelt broke and he was thrown out of the vehicle.

For the most part the was OK. He now has a scar across his right cheek and a knee injury kept him out of the next two games.

"I had to get all my movement back in my leg, in my cuts and all that. It was really hard, but I had to keep working until it got better," Clay said. "Just never slacked and kept working. Kept going to therapy and getting better."

As Carver (9-2) prepares to host Hillcrest Tuscaloosa (8-3) in the second round of the playoffs, Clay said he's done one major thing differently since his accident to make sure he can help his team.